DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: HALLE BERRY CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER

Oh, this is RICH! In August of 1865, Colonel P.H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee wrote his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, requesting that he come back to his farm to work. Jourdon Anderson had already been emancipated and was gainfully employed and providing for his family in Ohio at this point. His response to the […]

Mr. George Taliaferro and his wife, retired Supreme Court judge Viola Taliaferro, will be at the Crispus Attucks Museum, 1140 Dr. MLK Street on Saturday February 4th at 3 p.m. Also featured will be a newly installed exhibit highlighting the lifework of this true American legend. George Taliaferro was drafted by the National Football League […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: JILL BROWN CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER

Radio DJ’s just don’t play music, they’re also personalities.  Our sister site newsone.com, recently compiled a list of the top 20 Black radio jockeys, and while we agree with most of their picks, they left off one of the greats, Vy Higginsen. Vy was the first African-American radio personality to cover a NYC prime time […]

DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT:  RUTH CAROL TAYLOR CLICK HERE TO LIKE FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: HAZEL W. JOHNSON FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: VANESSA L. WILLIAMS

It would be a safe bet to say that everyone is familiar with a few quotes from Dr. King (“I have a dream…” and “Free at last, free at last…” immediately come to mind), but Dr. King provided some choice quotations that remain relevant to this day. Popular vlogger and DJ, Jay Smooth shared 10 […]

It’s not very often that we speak of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. without some very serious tone to the conversation. Dr. King was a fascinating multifaceted man, that delivered some of the most important, influential speeches of all-time… …and he could tell a joke. I thought it would be nice for us to have […]

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER If you are a fan of the Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA), you are in for a treat with this spoof of the show.  The Real Housewives of Civil Rights parallels the different events of RHOA from Cynthia’s “friendship contract” with NeNe and […]

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: JILL BROWN

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: OPRAH WINFREY

BE FRIENDS WITH FIRST LADY ON FACEBOOK OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH I WILL BE SPOTLIGHTING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THAT WERE THE PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS. TODAY’S FIRST LADY SPOTLIGHT: MAE JEMISON